Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-22 Thread Anthony Chilco
If you're looking for use space on a windows 2000 or above system, you can't beat ExplorerXP. It's a freeware program available here: http://www.explorerxp.com/ tc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 21 June 2007 12:28:42 jonathon wrote: Marleen Jongen wrote: We have Vista Basic If "ls -al"

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-22 Thread James Knott
jonathon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> So, does Vista understand Linux shell commands? >> > > I've forgotten what the name of the program is, but it > installs most of the *Nix shell commands to Windows. > Personally, I consider any computer that does not have the > basic *Nix co

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread jonathon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, does Vista understand Linux shell commands? I've forgotten what the name of the program is, but it installs most of the *Nix shell commands to Windows. Personally, I consider any computer that does not have the basic *Nix commands installed to be crippled, dysfuncti

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread linuxmaillists
On Thursday 21 June 2007 22:20:17 James Knott wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thursday 21 June 2007 12:28:42 jonathon wrote: > >> Marleen Jongen wrote: > >>> We have Vista Basic > >> > >> If "ls -al" displays that as the size of the contents of > >> your OOo directory > > > > So, does Vist

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thursday 21 June 2007 12:28:42 jonathon wrote: > >> Marleen Jongen wrote: >> >>> We have Vista Basic >>> >> If "ls -al" displays that as the size of the contents of >> your OOo directory >> > > So, does Vista understand Linux shell commands? > >

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread linuxmaillists
On Thursday 21 June 2007 12:28:42 jonathon wrote: > Marleen Jongen wrote: > > We have Vista Basic > If "ls -al" displays that as the size of the contents of > your OOo directory So, does Vista understand Linux shell commands? -- http://webpages.charter.net/jlgates --

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Marleen, Are you referring to space used on your hard drive? If so, you should know that all versions of Vista have feature like system restore, called 'previous versions', that backs up every file that is modified or deleted in hidden disk space. In the basic version, the option to use the

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread jonathon
Marleen Jongen wrote: > We have Vista Basic, can somebody explain the difference between 387 MB and > 1,10 GB indicated above If that is the size displayed in the add/remove programs tool, ignore it. At best, the file size there is inaccurate. If "ls -al" displays that as the size of the conte

Re: [users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday June 21 2007 5:47 am, Marleen Jongen wrote: > Hi, > We have Vista Basic, can somebody explain the difference between > 387 MB and 1,10 GB indicated above ? Had XP on old PC from which > 70% full of downloads - updates and patches from Microsoft, no need > to say there was no room left

[users] program size on PC, had OpenOffice 279 MB + 108 download, in programs and features : 1,10 GB ?

2007-06-21 Thread Marleen Jongen
Hi, We have Vista Basic, can somebody explain the difference between 387 MB and 1,10 GB indicated above ? Had XP on old PC from which 70% full of downloads - updates and patches from Microsoft, no need to say there was no room left to work with it and want to prevent this happens to new PC, don'